Yuichiro Tamaki, the leader of a small opposition party now able to wield outsized political influence, had long puzzled over how best to revive a moribund deflation-entrapped Japanese economy. A ...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida suffered a heavy blow April 28 when his ruling Liberal Democratic Party was defeated in a by-election that had long been an LDP stronghold. It was one of three by ...

Koizumi is resigning to take the blame for the LDP's stunning defeat in the Oct. 27 election for the House of Representatives, the all-important lower chamber of the country's parliament.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s Cabinet continues to suffer from low approval ratings, LDP factions are embroiled in a fund-raising scandal, and Ishiba’s criticisms against both Kishida and the ...

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